Posted by nevermind
on October 24, 2009, 9:41 am, in reply to "Re: Variety Article On Canada "Local TV" Vs. Cable Battle"
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you're right PW....i can't believe how anyone other than tv exec can swallow this shit...the big tv cos made money for years....then they broke the model when the started up a gazillion speciality channels and flooded the market...(hmm sounds like GM witht their many duplicate brands and models except of course the specialty chanels are great money makers for the tv cos)...and overpying for stuff like you said...
But I have a free enterprise solution...give folks the choice whether they want to pay for local...just like they have with the movie networks...so those who want to watch Ken and Christine run through the streets of Shwa with the Oylmpic flame can pony up the dough..the rest of us can buy a couple of lattes with it...
But I ll bet ya the good free market type boys and girls running the nets wouldn't go with that...
Imagine if the brethern in the newspaper industry said everyone who read anything would be forced to subscribe to the local rag...don't think it would fly...
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